{"id":108986,"date":"2020-01-09T11:09:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T21:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=108986"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T02:25:04","slug":"aua-ia-off-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/09\/aua-ia-off-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> \u02bb\u014clelo Hawai\u02bbi production makes historic debut off-Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_78383\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AAw7jHONsSc?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"UH \u02bb\u014clelo Hawai\u02bbi production makes historic debut off-Broadway\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> Hawaiian language production, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/23\/aua-ia-kennedy\/\"><em><span aria-label=\"Aua\">&#699;Au&#699;a<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Ia\">&#699;Ia:<\/span> Holding On<\/em><\/a> brought down the house in New York on January 7 as the featured opening act at an off-Broadway festival. Organizers of the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytw.org\/show\/reflections-of-native-voices\/\"><em>Reflections of Native Voices Native Theater Festival<\/em><\/a>, invited the 35-member cast to perform. The event spotlights plays written and performed by representatives from a number of indigenous cultures, including members from the Sioux and Navajo tribes.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa student <strong>Dylan Chase Lee<\/strong> plays one of the production\u2019s main characters. &ldquo;It felt good to connect with other people, other cultures because this is a festival for native voices. People from all over, all walks of life, all walks of cultures,&rdquo; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p><em><span aria-label=\"Aua\">&#699;Au&#699;a<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Ia,\">&#699;Ia,<\/span><\/em> performed mostly in <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> (Hawaiian language) is scheduled for four performances in Manhattan&#8217;s East Village. The production captures pivotal moments in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Hawai&#699;i\u2019s<\/span> history from the perspective of four haum&#257;na (students) and features <span aria-label=\"oli\">&#699;oli<\/span> (chant), mele (songs) and hula that transport audiences through time. During the play\u2019s kick-off performance, some audience members were moved to tears.<\/p>\n<p>Lead actress <strong>Jorin <span aria-label=\"Pomaikai\">P&#333;maika&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Uilani\">U&#699;ilani<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Kuulei\">Ku&#699;ulei<\/span> Young<\/strong> plays Ala. The 21-year-old comes from a long line of Hawaiian musicians and is on a mission to leave a lasting impression of her island lineage with crowds that come to see the play.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My kuleana (responsibility) is to make sure that our voices and our language is heard and I also want to make sure that I do my duty to make sure that it is correct and it is said well and shown well,&rdquo; Young said.<\/p>\n<p>Young, a <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Hawaiian Theatre major, is set to graduate with a bachelor&#8217;s degree this spring.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Professor <strong><span aria-label=\"Hailiopua\">Haili&#699;&#333;pua<\/span> Baker<\/strong> is the playwright and director of the hana keaka (Hawaiian theatre) play. It debuted in front of sold out crowds at Kennedy Theatre in September 2019. This is the first time in <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>\u2019s history that a production has been invited to perform in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p>The cast and crew say they&#8217;re humbled and thrilled to represent both the university and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii.\">Hawai&#699;i.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That excitement and honor that people feel being selected for us to go, that\u2019s what\u2019s fueling everyone\u2019s response,&rdquo; said Baker.<\/p>\n<p>Mobilizing a theatrical production is no easy task and is especially challenging when it requires flying nearly 5,000 miles cross country. The trek comes with a $100,000 price tag but generous donations helped cover costs for the cast and crew\u2019s airfare, cargo transport and accommodations.<\/p>\n<p>Donors that supported the production include; Hawaiian Airlines, The Roger A. Long Funds for the Performing Arts, The Glenn Cannon Foundation, The John Chin Young Foundation, Edward Langhans Fund, MANAOLA Ohana, <span aria-label=\"Halelea\">Halele&#699;a<\/span> Arts Foundation, <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Department of Theatre &#38; Dance Enrichment Fund, <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa, <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Foundation and various donations from the public.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By <span aria-label=\"Moanikeala\">Moanike&#699;ala<\/span> Nabarro<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/manoa-theatre-aua-ia-nyc.jpg\" alt=\"Cast of Aua Ia performing in New York\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-109113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/manoa-theatre-aua-ia-nyc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/manoa-theatre-aua-ia-nyc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/manoa-theatre-aua-ia-nyc-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Hawaiian language production <em><span aria-label=\"Aua\">&#699;Au&#699;a<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Ia\">&#699;Ia:<\/span> Holding On<\/em> debuted in New York on January 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[78,1057,1465,130,76,9,56],"class_list":["post-108986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-dance","tag-hawaiian-language","tag-manoa-native-hawaiian-place-of-learning","tag-theatre","tag-theatre-and-dance","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108986"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124477,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108986\/revisions\/124477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}